Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Last updated: 2026-01-05
- Distinct and diverse civilizations enhance gameplay
- Stunning remastered visuals and audio quality
- High replayability from innovative deck system
- Abandoned developer support hurts long-term value
- Severe performance and stability issues persist
- Toxic and declining multiplayer community experience
Emotions
Frustration22%Disappointment16%Satisfaction12%Nostalgia11%Excitement7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 51,589
- Positive
- 43,92985.2%
- Negative
- 7,66014.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,848,254
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1151.80%
- Estimated copies lost
- 6,349
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1171.8% Avg playtime 0.6h | 1332.1% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 66410.4% Avg playtime 248.6h | 5,48585.7% Avg playtime 189.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 16.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 182.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,907.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
6,399 total
Organic purchasers2,30636.0%
Voted up: 85%
Key activations4,09364.0%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
6,399 total
First impression0-2h3485.44%
Voted up: 61%
Mid game2-10h1,62625.4%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h97515.2%
Voted up: 92%
Endgame20h+3,45053.9%
Voted up: 88%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
91.7%
Global baseline 87.8%
12 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 51,589 total.